@@Jamie_D*sigh* For fuck's sake, it's not even remotely true and there's still plenty of hard hitting campaigns. The watershed is still a thing. BBFC classifications are a thing. Stop with this culture war shite
@@Jamie_D Most of these were only 10 or 11 years ago. The rules haven't changed since then. Society is no more snowflake now than it was in the noughties. If anything things are more graphic now than in the past and in the 1970s or 80s most of these would never have made it to TV at all. TV generally has become progressively more free to show realism over the 50+ years I've been watching it and if you saw what stood for reality back in the 1970s you would realise how far we've come .
As an ex-firefighter serving in Essex, UK, I cannot agree more regarding the first advert....testing your smoke alarms should be a part of your regular household routine. I've watched colleagues come out of house fires carrying dead infants, I've attended so many house fires where we had to do rescues of persons within the house.....only to find out none of these households had working smoke alarms or worse still, none at all! Before I left the service, I was actively involved in a initiative to install free smoke alarms to local households, but you'd be shocked at how many people don't have them because they "think" it would never happen to them 😢☹
Gday Neil, greetings from Australia. My father was a career fireman and retired as assistant commissioner for our state. I spent my teenage years living at A fire station. When dad was a probationary firemen he went to his first serious house fire and he was told they thought there was still someone inside. He was searching in the dark and smoke down on his knees searching by hand with gloves on under a bed. He felt a body and his heart sank. All of the sudden the body moved and got up and took off. It turned out to be the family dog taking off and it managed to get out safely,all be it with smoke inhalation. Dad said it frightened the hell out of him.When we moved to the firestation dad was on call 24/7 with an emergency response car. We'd often be out and dad would get called to a fire or a MVA and mum and i would have to go with him. None of it is pleasant and i understand why the firemen were such practical jokers on their downtime. I guess the difference between where you were and here is dad attending a lot of bush and grass fires. Thanks for what you did mate. Its a tough job at times and no where near as glamorous as people sometimes think. Have a great weekend mate😊
I'm always testing mine. the old "Fire Kills", and other PSA's in 70's and the 80's stuck with me. I still unplug everything non-essential at night and when I go out.
Jess, Mike: I've not been following you for long, and had primarily sought you out for comedy reactions. BUT I have even greater respect for you after this. I've seen many TH-camrs react to this compilation, but rarely with such pathos, intelligence and advocacy. I'm especially impressed that Mike was good to his word and linked to every single organisation in the description. You're both exceptionally warm and loving people.
Could not agree with this comment more. I love laughing with Mike and Jess, but this one, I wanted to reach through the screen and cuddle both of them. They're both so empathetic, wise and just ... good dudes ❤
Hi. Your reaction to the Motor Neurone Disease was very important to me. My mum had MND and passed away in the 1980’s at the age of 50. None of us three boys, her sons, have suffered from the disease. Luckily it isn’t hereditary. Mum was a twin, here sister was so identical that we as kids had difficulty telling them apart! My Aunty lived a long life and just died of old age at 99. She requested that instead of flowers at her cremation could donations be made to MND instead. Aunties ashes were later interred with my mum’s 2 years ago. This horrible disease needs all the help we can give to try and find the cause and possibly a cure. Ads like these, though shocking are effective.
I lost my mum 14 years ago, to ALS, a form of MND. She went from being perfectly healthy, to being completely paralysed within 12 months, and passed away 6 months later, which is exactly what the doctors predicted. Its a horribly cruel disease and I hope one day we can find a cure.
I’m so sorry to you all for your losses. When I first worked in healthcare I looked after a man with MND and I will never forget him, how he deteriorated so quickly and there was nothing anyone could do. I’m truly sorry you all witnessed loved ones experiencing MND. May all those lost rest in peace.
MND was hardly heard about years ago but due to a few high profile sports stars doing charity work for there x team mates it’s become a very awareness illness. Sadly my Brother in law has it. It is a catastrophic illness with no cure. A can be a very slow death.
You wouldn't call St John Ambulance in an emergency, you'd call the regular Ambulance Service, St John volunteers cover festivals, auto and racehorse meetings and many other large public gatherings. It's double Oscar winning actress Emma Thompson, well done Jess for recognising her, and well done to you both, your reactions were exactly what the film makers were aiming for.
Together with the British Red Cross my late father was a member of both services at different times, they do a great job especially through the blitz in the second world war.
The St. John's Ambulance ones are less about calling 999 and every second counts but also about how if people learned basic first aid it makes a difference in the outcome, like the guy choking on the food would have a much higher survival rate if people knew how to do the Heimlich maneuver instead of waiting for an ambulance to arrive which will take time ..
yea the kid falling one is a bad example of that, he has clearly taken internal damage so standard crp wouldn't have helped much, and perhaps damaged him further
@@Jamie_DI thought that one was more about being vigilant since the dad was chatting away on the phone. Lots of kids accidents are die to them not being watched properly. So you can prevent them if you do.
@@Jamie_Das a first aider, we wouldn’t know what was going on in the body so if there’s no sign of breathing or circulation we would do cpr and continue it until an ambulance crew/ paramedic took over or if we were physically unable to continue. It’s probably been deactivated now but if you texted the number shown it would have given you the steps needed to save the boy.
More importantly you wouldn't pick him up and shake him about. Falls from height have a significant possibility of spinal damage, and if the child survived the ordeal then may be left with unrepairable paralysis as a result of that.
@@TheMightyHams the way the parent did it is definitely incorrect, the way we are taught as the response part of the primary survey is to place your hands on the shoulders and give a quick jostle or to pinch the lobe of the ear whilst giving a command like ‘open your eyes’ if he was breathing then we’d put him into the recovery position but making sure the spine is kept in line as much as possible.
What I love about you two is your caring nature. I am British and I am used to seeing these public service adverts, but they still touch your soul. They certainly make you think about things.
The choking guy ad was suggesting we all take time to do a first aid course rather than depend upon an ambulance to get their in time, sometimes you just can’t wait. I’ve had to perform the heindlick manoeuvre More than three times. (Just can’t spell it) successfully performed .
Just to add a little levity. I remember an episode of Quantum Leap where Sam performs the manoeuvre on a man who's choking. Immediately afterwards someone says to the man "Are you ok Dr Heimlich?"
I was about to say the same. No matter how fast and ambulance is, there are certain incidents that need a fast response and as such rudimentary first aid can literally save a life
@@hammerhorrible It's a play on the 'bootstrap paradox'. Another popular example: If you go back in time and give the complete works of Mozart to a young Mozart, instead of him having to write them, when he publishes them.... who wrote them?
First thing I did when my wife was pregnant for the first time was book a full St. John's ambulance first aid course and get my certification - so yes, these ads are effective, every parent should do it! The trafficking gets me everytime, can't help but think how horrific it would be to lose my daughter to traffickers....
2 Dame Emma Thompson you nearly had it. Known for Love Actually, Harry Potter, Men in Black International. More importantly she is the President of The Helen Bamber Association. She insisted on making this commercial, it raised awareness and money. Emma is a national treasure.
It's only in America where people worry about calling for an ambulance. St Johns Ambulance is a Charity that promotes First Aid and offer courses and training. They also attend events with First aid stations, and go into schools, they are a Great charity.
Something many people have forgotten, or perhaps never knew, is that St John Ambulance is the last remnant of the Crusading Order, the Knights of St John of Jerusalem. They survived the purge of the Knights Templar in the C12, and still carry the same blazon: Sable, a cross Maltese argent.
St Johns were just starting a cadet training session in the church hall when my ex was knocked off his motorcycle right outside. He said the looks on the faces of three young cadets as he skated by on his back was priceless. They were only about 14 or 15, but they rushed to help him without hesitation, although they did argue about what they should be doing first. Kudos to them.
I've seen a few reactions to this but your reaction and your way of looking at it all has been by far the best and most engaging. Quite a few of these bring me to tears everytime.
If these adverts open up a forum for discussion, exactly like you have, they've done their job. Even if it's a tiny thought that stays with you for a few days, they've done their job. They're emotionally draining but, I think, necessary. I was tearing up for most of these!
That was a touching and moving reaction to watching our ads. I really felt for you both during that, we're brought up with these hyper-realistic commercials that we kinda forget how hard hitting they are, especially for guys like yourself who aren't privy to such raw and explicit scenarios shown on tv. I'll tell you what though as a parent of kids all in their 20's I'm a pretty good judge of character and with all honesty your kids are lucky to have you as parents.
You commented about the motorcyclist not wearing a helmet. Emergency services had removed it. Wearing a crash helmet was made compulsory throughout the uk in 1973. Unlike usa, where each state make their own rules.
True true true. The only time you ever see people without a helmet, it's SO noticeable that it attracts attention, and it is usually street gangs involved in snatch/grab theft etc. A regular motorcyclist wouldn't leave the house without their lid.
I was in St John's ambulance when I was in my early teens in the 80s. Not only was I trained in 1st Aid from an early age, but I played Bugle for the band. The advert about the fire hit home and made me cry. In 89 I woke my parents up at 6.30am, because I saw flashing and heard explosions behind my roller blind. A well known neighbour had a massive fire. The explosions were aerosols in the bathroom. I called the fire dept immediately. Woke up my parents. By the time they turned up the stairs to the 1st floor were already gone. They lost a daughter and her 2 young children through smoke inhalation. I can never forget it. Btw, although I've had a Roller-coaster of a life you are my favourite reactors by far.
A butterfly flaps its wings... never underestimate the affect the world of positive channels like yours have on the world. You may feel insignificant... but you're not Doing more than nothing, is doing something. Even if it's just bringing a smile to others ❤ from Northeast England ❤️
I am British and can remember the public service ads that were shown to kids and warning them not to play on the railway, not to climb onto trains or up electricity pylons. Another was warning about climbing into electricity substations to retrieve balls and another about the dangers of playing with fireworks. There is one advert which was shown in cinemas that was created by a police force in Wales to highlight the dangers of texting whilst driving and that was quite graphic.
Emma Thopmson is the president of the Helen Bamber Foundation. She was a great friend of Helen Bamber (who died in 2014 at the age of 89). The foundation provides care for victims of torture, cruelty and similar atrocities. The words used in the advert were actual words spoken by the people mentioned... 😢
One thing the UK does really well, our adverts are shocking but need to be. I remember as a young child really tough to watch adverts being shown in school - road safety-stranger danger- Electrical safety - the danger of train tracks
Legit, although only 1 from school I can remember is the electric safety ones with the kid getting fried trying to get the frisbee, or the kid having his own future self showing him the dangers all Darth Sidious hooded cloak like "I am you, after you touched the toaster" after he'd stuck a knife in there. Been 20 years n it's stuck there 😂
Does anyone else remember the one with the girl holding a pair of frozen burgers stuck together? She uses a knife to separate them and it goes right through her hand. She runs out of the house and to a neighbour with the knife stuck through the palm of her hand. It was another one for first aid training.
It was an ad in the 90's with shock value like these that made me train first aid the first chance I got. Saved 5 people's lives and my sister's twice, the last time she was having a brain aneurysm, had to revive her 7 times waiting for an ambulance who winched a paramedic into our cul-de-sac from the helicopter within 4 minutes of calling. Rushed into surgery to have a 3 inch clot removed from her brain. Left paralysed and brain damaged after waking up from a 9 month induced coma. Given 1 year to live but survived for 13 more. She finally lost her battle a couple of weeks ago at 39 but I know she's joined the rest of my family so she's not alone. I'm now on a mission to take a paramedic course annually, always carry a full trauma kit and oxygen, teach if I can and try to help as many people as I can.
I recall in the 1970' when the compulsory wareing of car seat belts was introduced. The UK Goverment faced alot of opposition at the time, so they showed adverts of injuries caused to children who had gone through car windscreens. This changed public opinion completely around. I witnessed a child going through a windscreen in the 1960's, thank God I haven't witness this since.
Half of these I've never seen but I'm glad they're still creating them. I will never forget the "Always wear a seatbealt - Julia knew her killer" crash ad. It absolutely traumatised me as a child but it was bloody effective.
In all these adverts the acting was powerful. It conveys very serious messages. The adverts will appear after the ‘watershed’ so after 9pm aimed at the older audience.
As a Brit, I grew up with these types of adverts. When I was 13, one of my assignments in school was to make an advert for the NSPCC which we were learning about in citizenship. It’s interesting to hear from people who didn’t watch these kinds of adverts growing up
I remember growing up in the UK in the 80s and 90s when adverts like this were shown regularly. Like most kids, the ads were always your chance to grab a drink, or snack, or go the bathroom, or get your three minutes of conversation in. Even when not in the same room as a TV, when an ad like this came on, it just used to make everyone kind of freeze and pay attention. Having said that, Ito my shame, do not remember ever hearing of, or see the commercial, to the Helen Bamber Foundation. I did, as I got older, and still am, a member of St. John Ambulance. They offer first aid training (amongst other training courses) and I am a firm believer that everyone should be trained in first aid ... and keep the training current! Seconds save lives. As a parent now, you are correct, the ones about children hit so differently. A more sombre video but, like you both said, even all these years later, these issues haven't suddenly disappeared. They are still happening right now, somewhere in the world. I believe awareness should be raised still, and if it takes shock tactics to make people sit up and pay attention ... so be it.
This is what we don’t do anymore. We used to but I don’t believe we do that anymore. These adverts I remember but they don’t do this anymore. Which makes me so angry. Thank you for your honesty and emotion. These kind of adverts work. They send a message.
Bless you both for sticking with these - I've seen this compilation several times now, and I knew that you would struggle with many of these ads/PSA's, as US tv would likely not show anything remotely this graphic! I remember so many of them growing up in the 70's and 80's, they certainly do stick with you for a long time - and therefore they do work! I especially appreciate the St. John's/Red Cross ones, as I was a Red Cross cadet from the age of 13, joining the adult branch when I turned 18. I also received my regular First Aid training for work from the St. John's Ambulance - and have used it on many occasions! Thank you for your heartfelt and honest reactions, take care and best wishes from the UK, love you guys!
1st time watcher, liked and subscribed. Being born in the UK I've seen all these before, thought provoking and terrifying. They slam home the message and make you stop and take note, I may have seen all these before but they still make me cry, they don't lose their power with repeat watching, unfortunately we see less and less of these type of docuadvert these days, people get upset and offended, I say good, you should be upset, you should be offended...that's the point, the world isn't all pink paint and flowers, we need this sort of thing to wake us up, make us think, make us act. Thank you for your great reaction to this video, I look forward to your other 'lighter' videos
@@kenglasson2920 Yes one of the founders and now the president of the Helen Bamber Foundation... The Human Rights campaigner, Helen Bamber sadly died in 2014 (at the age of 89). She and Emma Thompson were great friends.
i'm a Brit and i was born in 75. i remember these ads but most were on after the watershed (9pm). i remember the Charlie says adverts which was a cartoon with a cat called Charlie. "Charlie say's never go off with people you don't know" the adverts are still stuck in my head
Charlie says was later sampled by the electronic UK act the Prodigy and it became a hit Acid dance crossover single. I think it reached no 4 or something 🎉🎉 'Charley'
Hi Mike and Jess , I've watched this programme several times and each time it brings me to tears .It does what it's meant to do , to provoke thought . Your quite right Jess , the actress was Emma Thompson 🇬🇧
The first advert was a little bit triggering for me, saw it in the movie theatre and got very emotional - when I was a kid my house burned down with me and my parents inside, incredibly we were all fine, and my stepdad saved my mom's life by carrying her downstairs, even though a huge hole had burned through their bedroom floor. I remember walking through the aftermath and moving the debris like that, seeing everything I knew sit in ash
Holy crapy you guys. I'm sitting here not knowing how to feel. Video 3 hit me hardest. I work with people who live with severe psychiatric illnesses. They are incredible human beings despite the media portraying most as evil murderers. A lot of the reason for these illnesses is the trauma they went through. They respond based on a part of them that recalls the. horror on a daily basis and if you don't get that, it only serves to scare the trauma survivor more. There needs to be so much education on trauma and how to help others. I certainly feel sick from these, especially that sex trafficking one....Thank you for putting this out there. Your reactions are genuine and your words are comforting to me, to know there are others who care who want to make a difference. I need a happy video now too. I'm going to go watch Sydnie Christmas again....nice work. My favorite reactionists.
A very heartfelt reaction by you both. I can hear the empathy pouring from you, despite being thousands of miles away. Here in the UK, adverts like these have always been hard hitting, and i can recall lots of public safety films which aired just like adverts when i was young. One was about the dangers of playing near electricity substations and pylons. Another about playing with discarded fridges. Another was a bunch of kids playing on a railway track. One about leaving broken glass on a beach. However, the most well known one for anyone around my age was called Lonely Waters, and it showed how easily anyone could drown, while being voiced over by Donald Pleasance in an eerily fashion. Still remember it vividly to this day. We have never sugar coated our ads, and i hope we never will because sometimes it's the only way to get the message across.
I’m from the UK, but I rarely watch live TV so I hadn’t seen most of these adverts. The Barnardo’s one made me cry just as it obviously affected both of you, but I’m glad it was made because it very adeptly shows how childhood trauma can affect a life and - hopefully - the hope that intervention can bring. I also felt the cancer one right in the gut, because I’ve been there. I had to tell my family, including my then 5 year old child, that I had cancer and they had to watch me go through over a dozen surgeries, chemo, radiation, immunotherapy and in all a decade of treatment before I could say, finally, that I don’t need any more. And however hard that was, however scarred and damaged and frankly irreparably traumatised my body will always be…I’m still one of the lucky ones. My heart absolutely goes out to anyone who ever has to deal with that - and especially in the US where it can mean bankruptcy for so many. I’m lucky that I had gold-standard treatment for the entire decade I was dealing with cancer and its complications, and I’ve never been so grateful for the NHS, for all its difficulties. The way the advert turned that “rooting for him” and joy at his survival into shock at his choking was really very clever, and extremely effective. Your compassion and empathy are showing here, and that’s a credit to both of you.
My youngest was a Badger, then Cadet. As a cadet he used to help out at the local music festival, etc. The adults dealt with anything bad. They all talked about what they felt about what they'd seen, to support each other through any negative feelings, at the end of the shift.
Want to say it’s good to see reactions where it’s genuine and it’s not put on for the sake of views or for the content itself - you can see you guys genuinely were affected by the messages in these adverts and as weird as it sounds it was good to see.
Fantastic, heartfelt reaction, you two. I remember all these ads. As for being able to change things for the better, you're already doing that by sharing your reactions to this compilation. A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step, after all. Thank you both for taking that step, and spreading the word that such conditions exist and we all need to make it known that such things are never acceptable. Not all heroes wear capes. Enough said. Thank you again for being the compassionate, caring people you so obviously are. xxx
I worked alongside police in custody for a few years as a nurse (where you go when you're arrested and processed), and my role was to interview anyone that asked to see me to signpost them to services upon their release. Of all the crimes that genuinely made me hate a person, was not the crimes the people i saw committed, more the crimes that they themselves had suffered. Murder, kidnapping, radicalisation, drug dealers, all unpleasant to deal with, but for me the traffickers and other exploitative crimes, the ones that didn't see a person, but were so callous as to use others for their financial profit, treat them like a disposable assets, they were the ones I wanted to find a dark corner and make sure they never walked again.
Your channel has become one of my favourites to watch. Your deep love for eachother and family shines through every time. Like you, I watched these adverts and started to think about what I could do to make, at least, a small difference.
Thank you for showing the Barnardos one, that was basically me growing up. I’m 68 now and I am still the little boy lost in my head. Barnardos is a wonderful charity, they found my mother in a basket out side the home gates with a note in it saying “we only wanted the boy”
@anthonycragg451 you poor woman if u ever want to chat let me know . I am a good listener and as a doctor used to say to patients a professional hand holder x
A friend of my mum's is married to a man who grew up in a Barnardo's home. His mum died and his dad took him and his brother from Ireland to London age 5 and 7 and left them there, and went back to Ireland. Years later, he found out their dad remarried and had a new family.
Just wow. UK resident, don’t really watch much telly and some of this passed me by. You guys really earned your dough today and is a very based day for me. Well done for doing this video. 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 ❤️
You know, that second one with the child falling from the tree hits me so mich harder now than when it first aired. I have a 3 year old autistic boy and last December he got tonsillitis and an ear infection. His temperature hit 41 degrees (not sure of the equivalent temp for the US) and he had a seizure, but because he had a lot of phlegm he ended up choking and stopped breathing, was limp in my arms. I screamed for help just like the dad did in that advert. I was fortunate that I managed to get him to be sick and cleared his airway, paramedics told me that based on his blood oxygen levels I saved him just in time, so that ad hits me so different now.
I had a work colleague who last week passed away from Motor Neuron Disease, he was such a friendly, happy and cheerful man who would do anything to help anyone. he deteriorated rapidly during the covid lockdowns and had huge trouble getting a NHS appointment at the time (over the phone appointment when he was unable to speak.....>.
awesome empathy guys. Love you are able to show your real feelings. For those of us who are so lucky to not have to go through these things in life, we have to fight to stop it happening to others. Love from Australia
Great reaction to these adverts. You guys showed such empathy and realness and emotion. New to your channel and really enjoying your content and you seem a lovely couple xx
St John's Ambulance run first aid courses, and those films, rather than being about their ambulance service, were more to encourage people to enrol in their first aid courses, because being first aid trained could save a life when an ambulance can't get their fast enough. All of those films are hard-hitting, and all the more effective because of that, as borne out by your discussion afterwards. If only all humanity were like you two...
No sugar coating, keeping it real... and you'll never forget them. Emma Thompson is the actress in the Trafficking ad. 22:23 She waived her fee for doing it too.
Emma Thompson was the actress whose name you couldn’t think of. I’m guessing someone would have commented that by now though. Such powerful adverts. Really great video. I recently subbed to you guys and have been enjoying the mixture of your content. X
I've watched many people react to this video, but your insight is so relatable. Thanks for setting up the fundraiser, I've added a small donation and I hope many others do. 😢
i love that you are getting the uk s ideas behind these adverts and the shock that you are experiencing is exacly the point the makers are trying to make, these aere depictions of real life in the uk and the world. thankyou guys for highlighting and keep up the great reactions x
Loved your reaction. You are both good people, regardless of past mistakes, plain and simple. These are technically not adverts (not correcting. I know the original video calls them that), but rather Public Information Films, or PIFs, what you guys would call PSAs. They've been around since the 40s, started touching on these kinds of subjects in the 60s and stopped holding punches In the 70s. I'm kind of obsessed with them, have been compiling a fairly comprehensive list of videos, and will soon be giving a University lecture on them and their effect.
Someone has commented here that hard hitting PIFs like these are no longer produced. I hope that is not correct. If you see this comment, if you know if that's correct or not please reply. With the drastic drop in TV viewing, it's easy to see how it could be possible though. I imagine part of the plan with these short films is also to get people to discuss them at work, school etc because everyone used to watch the same channels/programmes which is no longer the case.
Adding on to what a few people already said, the St John's ambulance ads are more about learning first aid rather than a number to call in an emergency. The follow-up that they advertise at the end of Tree (save the boy) was available via phone or on their website and allowed you to walk the father through first aid to ensure the boy would have a higher chance of survival before the ambulance arrives. St John's does some really effective ads with interactivity to encourage the idea that you can take action (I'll never forget the live cinema one they did where a girl in a popcorn ad starts choking and a nurse runs out of the audience into the screen to save her).
I strongly remember decades ago in the 90’s of a Fire warning advert. It actually showed fire rescue personnel walking though a burnt residence and on the burnt ground what appears to be charred human remains. I’ve never found that video again, that impact of that image stuck with me.
A tie-in to the Motor Neuron Disease ad is a couple of videos of Rugby League player Rob Burrow who sadly died earlier in the year of the disease. I will try and post the links if I can. First is from the tribute at the end of the match soon after his death and the second is his last message he gave.
And one should mention the mighty Doddie Weir (and other Rugby greats, from SA, Aus & NZ, who have died from this). Ed Slater is currently fighting with it. A friend of mine (no Rugby player/sportsman) is in his last days with it: it’s torn him apart within 3 years and whilst he’s fought it, he’s utterly worn out - constant oxygen (diaphragm gone) and food by a “different” route. Just like these ads, it’s awful to be on the outside looking in, but I just cannot imagine being on the inside looking out. Help to, and learning from these charities is essential.
You've made them more effective. I had already seen these ad's but seeing the impact they had on you and hearing your views on them has made me feel them even more.
Thank you for posting this. 👌 I hadn't seen a couple before. The Bernados videos really hit home 😱. You should have a look at the government's public information adverts. We tell it like it is in the UK 💪🇬🇧
Respect, my dear American cousins. I like the sincerity, the range of issues / reactions from the hilarious and silly to the painful and serious. You guys are very likeable and incisive and deserve every success with your channel. All the best from dear olde England.
We go hard and deep in the UK when it comes to facing up to the realities of life. I will add that most of these adverts are shown after 9pm. I always feel shock value has a real place in understanding the vast and sometimes tragic circumstances we can face. These organisations are absolutely vital, and I think as a nation, we are open to understanding some people's reality and incredible struggles they have to go through. Thank you so much for sharing, and I have say both of you are very compassionate and insightful and really understand the messages. So thank you to you both.
I watched these adds when they aired in the UK and I cry everytime. In this world where things have become worse in my opinion these adds should be shown even more.
I am a St John’s Ambulance trainee thank you for my work putting me through that. A lot of St John’s are at sporting events, concerts etc as volunteers. I respect them for doing it.
Hello from Scotland in the UK. I enjoyed you reacting to these PSA’s (Public Service Announcements) most of these would be shown after 9pm the watershed when kids are in bed and adult tv starts. St. John’s Ambulance is to push you to take first aid classes in case of an emergency like in the tree ad. Take care 😘🏴
Being in the UK I have seen all these adverts first hand, they are hard hitting and brutal to help bring you into awareness. The charities that these adverts are for need help through donations so they can do the work that we cannot for what ever reason. Thank God that they exist and that people like you have the compassion to feel the injustice of it all. Love all your posts so far and I'm glad you didn't shy away from this one, God Bless 🙏
I love your channel, and appreciate the positivity but the empathy you both showed on this reaction took my respect for you to a new level , overused comment but you are good people.
Watching all these together is emotionally draining , well done for striving through it I watch a few reactions videos of the same video and I find it draining too but I want to see how others find it hard to watch but come to understand why we need adverts like this , it doesn’t need an hour long documentary does it
Both the St John Ambulance adverts were trying to persuade more people to learn basic first aid. I was a volunteer with St John for 28 years, retiring recently, and it was always worth while as a member, but even a few years later I still remember all the basic first aid I was taught, and in an emergency I do know what to do. More people need to learn, even if they don't become a St John volunteer.
I work for barnardos and they do some great work. I grew up with these adverts and it's what we are used to. It's effective advertising and helps save lives.
Another superb video. Well done for stretching your content. This might sound strange, but Im glad these impacted you both as they did. That's kinda the point. Here in the UK, we can do silly funny (Irn Bru commercials, Jimmy Carr and other comedians, Phil Collins and others music videos), but we also do not shy away from the reality of life. I hope your video here reaches a very large number of people who would ordinarily not see as hard hitting adverts. Together we can all make a difference. Together positivity will prevail. But we cannot - MUST NOT shy away from the evils and problems in life and around the world. Well done Mike. Well done Jess. 🙏
St Johns Ambulance is a volutnary organisation that provide medically trained staff at football matches, concerts and in the workplace to act as first responders. Most companies will have at least one St John''s trained members of staff and the training covers everything from dressing a wound to dealing witha heart attack. Saves so many lives.
Across most of the UK if you don’t have a fire alarm or have concerns about your existing fire alarm. The local ‘fire department’ will come to your house. Test your alarm or fit a smoke alarm for you.
I'm off to watch " Young Frankenstein " and then " Blazing Saddles " now, as my heart is heavy and my tear ducts are empty. It was grand of you two to watch these harrowings advertisements and let so many more become aware of these organisations. Shine on folks.
Hi, Mike and Jess! Greetings from New Zealand. Your subjects are always thought-provoking, and it is refreshing to get the views of two young Americans who are able to express their view so clearly. I am an avid watcher of TH-cam videos and because of the sheer volume of output many of them are American based. Comparing content between American and British advertising, it is my firm opinion that American advertising, whatever the subject, is seen through the lens a movie camera and bears no resemblance to "real" life, while in Britain it is told how it is, regardless whether it disturbs or offends anyone, on the premise that those watching have enough intelligence to understand that it represent true situations.
The uk doesn’t sugarcoat things like this
We do now unfortunately, they wouldn't risk anything like that these days, too many snowflakes
@@Jamie_D*sigh*
For fuck's sake, it's not even remotely true and there's still plenty of hard hitting campaigns. The watershed is still a thing. BBFC classifications are a thing.
Stop with this culture war shite
@@MarkPentler ok smart ass where are they hiding then, try googling most effective uk or British adds 2024, or 2023, literally fuck all
@@MarkPentler name one hard hitting campaign recently then?
@@Jamie_D Most of these were only 10 or 11 years ago. The rules haven't changed since then. Society is no more snowflake now than it was in the noughties.
If anything things are more graphic now than in the past and in the 1970s or 80s most of these would never have made it to TV at all.
TV generally has become progressively more free to show realism over the 50+ years I've been watching it and if you saw what stood for reality back in the 1970s you would realise how far we've come .
These adverts are all about getting people to have empathy and you both showed that in abundance
As an ex-firefighter serving in Essex, UK, I cannot agree more regarding the first advert....testing your smoke alarms should be a part of your regular household routine. I've watched colleagues come out of house fires carrying dead infants, I've attended so many house fires where we had to do rescues of persons within the house.....only to find out none of these households had working smoke alarms or worse still, none at all! Before I left the service, I was actively involved in a initiative to install free smoke alarms to local households, but you'd be shocked at how many people don't have them because they "think" it would never happen to them 😢☹
Thanks for your service buddy 👍🏻❤️🏴
Gday Neil, greetings from Australia. My father was a career fireman and retired as assistant commissioner for our state. I spent my teenage years living at A fire station. When dad was a probationary firemen he went to his first serious house fire and he was told they thought there was still someone inside. He was searching in the dark and smoke down on his knees searching by hand with gloves on under a bed. He felt a body and his heart sank. All of the sudden the body moved and got up and took off. It turned out to be the family dog taking off and it managed to get out safely,all be it with smoke inhalation. Dad said it frightened the hell out of him.When we moved to the firestation dad was on call 24/7 with an emergency response car. We'd often be out and dad would get called to a fire or a MVA and mum and i would have to go with him. None of it is pleasant and i understand why the firemen were such practical jokers on their downtime. I guess the difference between where you were and here is dad attending a lot of bush and grass fires. Thanks for what you did mate. Its a tough job at times and no where near as glamorous as people sometimes think. Have a great weekend mate😊
Respect to you my friend,I also live in Essex,and I would just like to say thank you for your service ❤God bless ❤️
How many have "working" alarms.. the alarm goes off for burnt toast and they remove the battery.
I'm always testing mine. the old "Fire Kills", and other PSA's in 70's and the 80's stuck with me.
I still unplug everything non-essential at night and when I go out.
Jess, Mike: I've not been following you for long, and had primarily sought you out for comedy reactions. BUT I have even greater respect for you after this. I've seen many TH-camrs react to this compilation, but rarely with such pathos, intelligence and advocacy. I'm especially impressed that Mike was good to his word and linked to every single organisation in the description. You're both exceptionally warm and loving people.
We greatly appreciate that you found us friend. You are the type of person we love connecting with. Thank you for your kind comment.
🔎🖱💻 "adverts from the troubles" on youtube ? @@RNTV
Could not agree with this comment more. I love laughing with Mike and Jess, but this one, I wanted to reach through the screen and cuddle both of them. They're both so empathetic, wise and just ... good dudes ❤
Hi. Your reaction to the Motor Neurone Disease was very important to me. My mum had MND and passed away in the 1980’s at the age of 50. None of us three boys, her sons, have suffered from the disease. Luckily it isn’t hereditary. Mum was a twin, here sister was so identical that we as kids had difficulty telling them apart! My Aunty lived a long life and just died of old age at 99. She requested that instead of flowers at her cremation could donations be made to MND instead. Aunties ashes were later interred with my mum’s 2 years ago. This horrible disease needs all the help we can give to try and find the cause and possibly a cure. Ads like these, though shocking are effective.
i’m the exact same my grandfather died of MND in 2014,,, it’s truly devastating to see
I lost my mum 14 years ago, to ALS, a form of MND. She went from being perfectly healthy, to being completely paralysed within 12 months, and passed away 6 months later, which is exactly what the doctors predicted. Its a horribly cruel disease and I hope one day we can find a cure.
@carpii That's tough friend.
I’m so sorry to you all for your losses. When I first worked in healthcare I looked after a man with MND and I will never forget him, how he deteriorated so quickly and there was nothing anyone could do. I’m truly sorry you all witnessed loved ones experiencing MND. May all those lost rest in peace.
MND was hardly heard about years ago but due to a few high profile sports stars doing charity work for there x team mates it’s become a very awareness illness. Sadly my Brother in law has it. It is a catastrophic illness with no cure. A can be a very slow death.
You wouldn't call St John Ambulance in an emergency, you'd call the regular Ambulance Service, St John volunteers cover festivals, auto and racehorse meetings and many other large public gatherings. It's double Oscar winning actress Emma Thompson, well done Jess for recognising her, and well done to you both, your reactions were exactly what the film makers were aiming for.
Together with the British Red Cross my late father was a member of both services at different times, they do a great job especially through the blitz in the second world war.
St. John Ambulance also do first aid training, which is what these adverts are mainly for.
Really you tried to get an Ambulance?
@@norwoodboy6048they still try, but after years of underfunding and Brexit…
@bAlBarzUK 😂
The St. John's Ambulance ones are less about calling 999 and every second counts but also about how if people learned basic first aid it makes a difference in the outcome, like the guy choking on the food would have a much higher survival rate if people knew how to do the Heimlich maneuver instead of waiting for an ambulance to arrive which will take time ..
yea the kid falling one is a bad example of that, he has clearly taken internal damage so standard crp wouldn't have helped much, and perhaps damaged him further
@@Jamie_DI thought that one was more about being vigilant since the dad was chatting away on the phone. Lots of kids accidents are die to them not being watched properly. So you can prevent them if you do.
@@Jamie_Das a first aider, we wouldn’t know what was going on in the body so if there’s no sign of breathing or circulation we would do cpr and continue it until an ambulance crew/ paramedic took over or if we were physically unable to continue. It’s probably been deactivated now but if you texted the number shown it would have given you the steps needed to save the boy.
More importantly you wouldn't pick him up and shake him about. Falls from height have a significant possibility of spinal damage, and if the child survived the ordeal then may be left with unrepairable paralysis as a result of that.
@@TheMightyHams the way the parent did it is definitely incorrect, the way we are taught as the response part of the primary survey is to place your hands on the shoulders and give a quick jostle or to pinch the lobe of the ear whilst giving a command like ‘open your eyes’ if he was breathing then we’d put him into the recovery position but making sure the spine is kept in line as much as possible.
Advertising is often, rightly so, demonised and ridiculed. This is advertising at its ultimate best. Thank you for this reaction.
What I love about you two is your caring nature. I am British and I am used to seeing these public service adverts, but they still touch your soul. They certainly make you think about things.
The choking guy ad was suggesting we all take time to do a first aid course rather than depend upon an ambulance to get their in time, sometimes you just can’t wait. I’ve had to perform the heindlick manoeuvre
More than three times. (Just can’t spell it) successfully performed .
It's Heimlich, but, if you've done it successfully and saved lives, it doesn't matter one bit if you can spell it. Thank you for what you've done.
Just to add a little levity. I remember an episode of Quantum Leap where Sam performs the manoeuvre on a man who's choking. Immediately afterwards someone says to the man "Are you ok Dr Heimlich?"
@@RichardJRussell Haha Sam learnt it off Dr Heimlich.. But Heimlich learnt it off Sam! How could that be possible
I was about to say the same. No matter how fast and ambulance is, there are certain incidents that need a fast response and as such rudimentary first aid can literally save a life
@@hammerhorrible It's a play on the 'bootstrap paradox'. Another popular example: If you go back in time and give the complete works of Mozart to a young Mozart, instead of him having to write them, when he publishes them.... who wrote them?
First thing I did when my wife was pregnant for the first time was book a full St. John's ambulance first aid course and get my certification - so yes, these ads are effective, every parent should do it! The trafficking gets me everytime, can't help but think how horrific it would be to lose my daughter to traffickers....
The ad made me tear up.
I don’t have kids.
I think you missed the point in the St John ad, it was to encourage people to do basic first aid training, not just to call an ambulance 🇬🇧
2 Dame Emma Thompson you nearly had it.
Known for Love Actually, Harry Potter, Men in Black International.
More importantly she is the President of The Helen Bamber Association.
She insisted on making this commercial, it raised awareness and money.
Emma is a national treasure.
Her being in the add would bring global attention it. Which was a perfect decision
Emma Thompson is one of our best. A great actress, a humanitarian and as far as I know, a lovely woman too. Nothing but good things to say about her.
Don't forget Nanny McFee
@@monicarodrigues985 You should forget Nanny McFee, but never the lessons she helped you learn. That's the point.
@@sidrat2009 Ah, but I don't want her. I probably need her.
It's only in America where people worry about calling for an ambulance. St Johns Ambulance is a Charity that promotes First Aid and offer courses and training. They also attend events with First aid stations, and go into schools, they are a Great charity.
Something many people have forgotten, or perhaps never knew, is that St John Ambulance is the last remnant of the Crusading Order, the Knights of St John of Jerusalem. They survived the purge of the Knights Templar in the C12, and still carry the same blazon: Sable, a cross Maltese argent.
@@annalieff-saxby568 Last remnant......have you read "The Da Vinci Code" :)
@@hannahreynolds7611 Very interesting. Thanks!
St Johns were just starting a cadet training session in the church hall when my ex was knocked off his motorcycle right outside.
He said the looks on the faces of three young cadets as he skated by on his back was priceless.
They were only about 14 or 15, but they rushed to help him without hesitation, although they did argue about what they should be doing first.
Kudos to them.
When you guys flinched at the first advert, I couldnt help thinking, "Oh, boy, you ain't seen nothing yet!"
I've seen a few reactions to this but your reaction and your way of looking at it all has been by far the best and most engaging. Quite a few of these bring me to tears everytime.
I've seen endless reactions to this video, and I have to say this is the best one I've seen by far. Such a heartfelt reaction, well done to you both!
If these adverts open up a forum for discussion, exactly like you have, they've done their job. Even if it's a tiny thought that stays with you for a few days, they've done their job. They're emotionally draining but, I think, necessary. I was tearing up for most of these!
That was a touching and moving reaction to watching our ads. I really felt for you both during that, we're brought up with these hyper-realistic commercials that we kinda forget how hard hitting they are, especially for guys like yourself who aren't privy to such raw and explicit scenarios shown on tv.
I'll tell you what though as a parent of kids all in their 20's I'm a pretty good judge of character and with all honesty your kids are lucky to have you as parents.
And to watch one after the other!
Best reaction to these ads from Americans I’ve seen. You are good people ❤
Yes, I'm beginning to notice that as well.
You commented about the motorcyclist not wearing a helmet.
Emergency services had removed it. Wearing a crash helmet was made compulsory throughout the uk in 1973.
Unlike usa, where each state make their own rules.
True true true. The only time you ever see people without a helmet, it's SO noticeable that it attracts attention, and it is usually street gangs involved in snatch/grab theft etc. A regular motorcyclist wouldn't leave the house without their lid.
think you can see it as the picture pans out, below him a black open face helmet
@@cannaJan Yeah, it's clearly not too far from his foot.
I was in St John's ambulance when I was in my early teens in the 80s. Not only was I trained in 1st Aid from an early age, but I played Bugle for the band.
The advert about the fire hit home and made me cry. In 89 I woke my parents up at 6.30am, because I saw flashing and heard explosions behind my roller blind. A well known neighbour had a massive fire. The explosions were aerosols in the bathroom. I called the fire dept immediately. Woke up my parents. By the time they turned up the stairs to the 1st floor were already gone. They lost a daughter and her 2 young children through smoke inhalation. I can never forget it.
Btw, although I've had a Roller-coaster of a life you are my favourite reactors by far.
1970s for me
@@Snarnler it was a great time 👌
A butterfly flaps its wings... never underestimate the affect the world of positive channels like yours have on the world.
You may feel insignificant... but you're not
Doing more than nothing, is doing something. Even if it's just bringing a smile to others
❤ from Northeast England ❤️
We need more postive thinking like this because all it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.
I am British and can remember the public service ads that were shown to kids and warning them not to play on the railway, not to climb onto trains or up electricity pylons. Another was warning about climbing into electricity substations to retrieve balls and another about the dangers of playing with fireworks.
There is one advert which was shown in cinemas that was created by a police force in Wales to highlight the dangers of texting whilst driving and that was quite graphic.
The actress in #2 is Emma Thompson, very well known in UK.
Worldwide really, massively famous actor.
First saw her in Shakespeare's Henry V
Nanny McPhee
Emma Thopmson is the president of the Helen Bamber Foundation. She was a great friend of Helen Bamber (who died in 2014 at the age of 89). The foundation provides care for victims of torture, cruelty and similar atrocities. The words used in the advert were actual words spoken by the people mentioned... 😢
@@alexburrows3710
Professor Trelawney in the Harry Potter films (and totally underused...) 😮
One thing the UK does really well, our adverts are shocking but need to be. I remember as a young child really tough to watch adverts being shown in school - road safety-stranger danger- Electrical safety - the danger of train tracks
Apaches - how not to play at a Farm. The slurry death was the worst.
Legit, although only 1 from school I can remember is the electric safety ones with the kid getting fried trying to get the frisbee, or the kid having his own future self showing him the dangers all Darth Sidious hooded cloak like "I am you, after you touched the toaster" after he'd stuck a knife in there. Been 20 years n it's stuck there 😂
@@maxbrown7719I remember this weird one where a kid ended up being able to see electricity but that's all I seem to remember about it 😂
Does anyone else remember the one with the girl holding a pair of frozen burgers stuck together? She uses a knife to separate them and it goes right through her hand. She runs out of the house and to a neighbour with the knife stuck through the palm of her hand. It was another one for first aid training.
PSA 's there not advertising or trying to sell you anything
It was an ad in the 90's with shock value like these that made me train first aid the first chance I got.
Saved 5 people's lives and my sister's twice, the last time she was having a brain aneurysm, had to revive her 7 times waiting for an ambulance who winched a paramedic into our cul-de-sac from the helicopter within 4 minutes of calling.
Rushed into surgery to have a 3 inch clot removed from her brain.
Left paralysed and brain damaged after waking up from a 9 month induced coma.
Given 1 year to live but survived for 13 more.
She finally lost her battle a couple of weeks ago at 39 but I know she's joined the rest of my family so she's not alone.
I'm now on a mission to take a paramedic course annually, always carry a full trauma kit and oxygen, teach if I can and try to help as many people as I can.
I recall in the 1970' when the compulsory wareing of car seat belts was introduced. The UK Goverment faced alot of opposition at the time, so they showed adverts of injuries caused to children who had gone through car windscreens. This changed public opinion completely around. I witnessed a child going through a windscreen in the 1960's, thank God I haven't witness this since.
Was a bit of a mockery being told about safety by Jimmy Saville. He did those clunk click seatbelt TV ads.
Clunk click every trip. Unfortunately, Jimmy Savile is one of the people some of these ads warn against.
Half of these I've never seen but I'm glad they're still creating them. I will never forget the "Always wear a seatbealt - Julia knew her killer" crash ad. It absolutely traumatised me as a child but it was bloody effective.
Yep that's one I will always remember!
And after he killed her, he sat back down.....😮
In all these adverts the acting was powerful. It conveys very serious messages. The adverts will appear after the ‘watershed’ so after 9pm aimed at the older audience.
As a Brit, I grew up with these types of adverts. When I was 13, one of my assignments in school was to make an advert for the NSPCC which we were learning about in citizenship. It’s interesting to hear from people who didn’t watch these kinds of adverts growing up
I remember growing up in the UK in the 80s and 90s when adverts like this were shown regularly. Like most kids, the ads were always your chance to grab a drink, or snack, or go the bathroom, or get your three minutes of conversation in. Even when not in the same room as a TV, when an ad like this came on, it just used to make everyone kind of freeze and pay attention. Having said that, Ito my shame, do not remember ever hearing of, or see the commercial, to the Helen Bamber Foundation. I did, as I got older, and still am, a member of St. John Ambulance. They offer first aid training (amongst other training courses) and I am a firm believer that everyone should be trained in first aid ... and keep the training current! Seconds save lives.
As a parent now, you are correct, the ones about children hit so differently. A more sombre video but, like you both said, even all these years later, these issues haven't suddenly disappeared. They are still happening right now, somewhere in the world. I believe awareness should be raised still, and if it takes shock tactics to make people sit up and pay attention ... so be it.
This is what we don’t do anymore. We used to but I don’t believe we do that anymore. These adverts I remember but they don’t do this anymore. Which makes me so angry.
Thank you for your honesty and emotion. These kind of adverts work. They send a message.
Bless you both for sticking with these - I've seen this compilation several times now, and I knew that you would struggle with many of these ads/PSA's, as US tv would likely not show anything remotely this graphic! I remember so many of them growing up in the 70's and 80's, they certainly do stick with you for a long time - and therefore they do work! I especially appreciate the St. John's/Red Cross ones, as I was a Red Cross cadet from the age of 13, joining the adult branch when I turned 18. I also received my regular First Aid training for work from the St. John's Ambulance - and have used it on many occasions! Thank you for your heartfelt and honest reactions, take care and best wishes from the UK, love you guys!
1st time watcher, liked and subscribed. Being born in the UK I've seen all these before, thought provoking and terrifying. They slam home the message and make you stop and take note, I may have seen all these before but they still make me cry, they don't lose their power with repeat watching, unfortunately we see less and less of these type of docuadvert these days, people get upset and offended, I say good, you should be upset, you should be offended...that's the point, the world isn't all pink paint and flowers, we need this sort of thing to wake us up, make us think, make us act.
Thank you for your great reaction to this video, I look forward to your other 'lighter' videos
Bless both of you, You beautiful people x
Hugs and love all around…to Mike and Jess,to all who watched this and especially,to all who live it.❤️❤️❤️
BTW that is Emma Thomson. Several stars gave their time for the trafficking ads.
I believe she is actually a founder
@@DPYROAXIS That would not surprise me.
@@kenglasson2920
Yes one of the founders and now the president of the Helen Bamber Foundation... The Human Rights campaigner, Helen Bamber sadly died in 2014 (at the age of 89). She and Emma Thompson were great friends.
The Helen Bamber Foundation is notorious for biased and spurious research done by SWERFs.
i'm a Brit and i was born in 75. i remember these ads but most were on after the watershed (9pm). i remember the Charlie says adverts which was a cartoon with a cat called Charlie. "Charlie say's never go off with people you don't know" the adverts are still stuck in my head
Had completely forgotten about Charlie until your comment.
Charlie says was later sampled by the electronic UK act the Prodigy and it became a hit Acid dance crossover single. I think it reached no 4 or something 🎉🎉 'Charley'
Happy you took this suggestion for a reaction, and sorry if it wasn’t a fun one, but this one helps us think all…
I'm glad I found your channel. You both come across as lovely people. All the best🇬🇧✌
Every reactor I have watched react to this video has without exception said that they will immediately check their smoke alarms!!! Job done 👍❤❤❤
Hi Mike and Jess , I've watched this programme several times and each time it brings me to tears .It does what it's meant to do , to provoke thought . Your quite right Jess , the actress was Emma Thompson 🇬🇧
The first advert was a little bit triggering for me, saw it in the movie theatre and got very emotional - when I was a kid my house burned down with me and my parents inside, incredibly we were all fine, and my stepdad saved my mom's life by carrying her downstairs, even though a huge hole had burned through their bedroom floor. I remember walking through the aftermath and moving the debris like that, seeing everything I knew sit in ash
Holy crapy you guys. I'm sitting here not knowing how to feel. Video 3 hit me hardest. I work with people who live with severe psychiatric illnesses. They are incredible human beings despite the media portraying most as evil murderers. A lot of the reason for these illnesses is the trauma they went through. They respond based on a part of them that recalls the. horror on a daily basis and if you don't get that, it only serves to scare the trauma survivor more. There needs to be so much education on trauma and how to help others. I certainly feel sick from these, especially that sex trafficking one....Thank you for putting this out there. Your reactions are genuine and your words are comforting to me, to know there are others who care who want to make a difference. I need a happy video now too. I'm going to go watch Sydnie Christmas again....nice work. My favorite reactionists.
A very heartfelt reaction by you both. I can hear the empathy pouring from you, despite being thousands of miles away. Here in the UK, adverts like these have always been hard hitting, and i can recall lots of public safety films which aired just like adverts when i was young. One was about the dangers of playing near electricity substations and pylons. Another about playing with discarded fridges. Another was a bunch of kids playing on a railway track. One about leaving broken glass on a beach. However, the most well known one for anyone around my age was called Lonely Waters, and it showed how easily anyone could drown, while being voiced over by Donald Pleasance in an eerily fashion. Still remember it vividly to this day. We have never sugar coated our ads, and i hope we never will because sometimes it's the only way to get the message across.
As someone mentioned earlier-watch the UK 🇬🇧 Christmas adverts. Happy tears these time 🤗 to you both xx
* this time! 🙄
I’m from the UK, but I rarely watch live TV so I hadn’t seen most of these adverts. The Barnardo’s one made me cry just as it obviously affected both of you, but I’m glad it was made because it very adeptly shows how childhood trauma can affect a life and - hopefully - the hope that intervention can bring.
I also felt the cancer one right in the gut, because I’ve been there. I had to tell my family, including my then 5 year old child, that I had cancer and they had to watch me go through over a dozen surgeries, chemo, radiation, immunotherapy and in all a decade of treatment before I could say, finally, that I don’t need any more. And however hard that was, however scarred and damaged and frankly irreparably traumatised my body will always be…I’m still one of the lucky ones. My heart absolutely goes out to anyone who ever has to deal with that - and especially in the US where it can mean bankruptcy for so many. I’m lucky that I had gold-standard treatment for the entire decade I was dealing with cancer and its complications, and I’ve never been so grateful for the NHS, for all its difficulties. The way the advert turned that “rooting for him” and joy at his survival into shock at his choking was really very clever, and extremely effective.
Your compassion and empathy are showing here, and that’s a credit to both of you.
As a child I attended St John Ambulance Badgers which was a kids club where you learned first aid. We did everything from cuts to CPR at the age of 8!
My youngest was a Badger, then Cadet. As a cadet he used to help out at the local music festival, etc. The adults dealt with anything bad. They all talked about what they felt about what they'd seen, to support each other through any negative feelings, at the end of the shift.
Want to say it’s good to see reactions where it’s genuine and it’s not put on for the sake of views or for the content itself - you can see you guys genuinely were affected by the messages in these adverts and as weird as it sounds it was good to see.
You are such lovely people! Thank you very much for considering contributing to some of these charities 👏👍🙏❤️
Fantastic, heartfelt reaction, you two. I remember all these ads.
As for being able to change things for the better, you're already doing that by sharing your reactions to this compilation. A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step, after all. Thank you both for taking that step, and spreading the word that such conditions exist and we all need to make it known that such things are never acceptable.
Not all heroes wear capes. Enough said.
Thank you again for being the compassionate, caring people you so obviously are. xxx
In Sweden we'er told to test the smoke alarm on december 1 because the date 1/12 writes the the national emergency number 112
I thought you had to do it monthly. Maybe I'm being a bit overzealous :p
@DS-uy6jw nah you just really prioritise safety which i respect 😃
I'm from Britain and have seen these ads. But my god! I cried. Keep it up guys .
I worked alongside police in custody for a few years as a nurse (where you go when you're arrested and processed), and my role was to interview anyone that asked to see me to signpost them to services upon their release. Of all the crimes that genuinely made me hate a person, was not the crimes the people i saw committed, more the crimes that they themselves had suffered. Murder, kidnapping, radicalisation, drug dealers, all unpleasant to deal with, but for me the traffickers and other exploitative crimes, the ones that didn't see a person, but were so callous as to use others for their financial profit, treat them like a disposable assets, they were the ones I wanted to find a dark corner and make sure they never walked again.
Your channel has become one of my favourites to watch. Your deep love for eachother and family shines through every time. Like you, I watched these adverts and started to think about what I could do to make, at least, a small difference.
Thank you for showing the Barnardos one, that was basically me growing up. I’m 68 now and I am still the little boy lost in my head.
Barnardos is a wonderful charity, they found my mother in a basket out side the home gates with a note in it saying “we only wanted the boy”
how awful, I do hope she found some happiness
I'm so sorry you had to endure that growing up. Tell that little boy in your head that there are people who care.
Alas my mother suffered with 5 part Schizophrenia. I never really knew her as her.
@anthonycragg451 you poor woman if u ever want to chat let me know . I am a good listener and as a doctor used to say to patients a professional hand holder x
A friend of my mum's is married to a man who grew up in a Barnardo's home.
His mum died and his dad took him and his brother from Ireland to London age 5 and 7 and left them there, and went back to Ireland.
Years later, he found out their dad remarried and had a new family.
Just wow. UK resident, don’t really watch much telly and some of this passed me by. You guys really earned your dough today and is a very based day for me. Well done for doing this video. 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 ❤️
You are a UK kid who knows nothing. You are young and gullible. online has destroyed our kids. Don't let you, as a younster, not wake up.
Thank you for your honesty. You two are very decent human beings. So glad I subscribed to your channel. We need more people like you in the world.
You know, that second one with the child falling from the tree hits me so mich harder now than when it first aired. I have a 3 year old autistic boy and last December he got tonsillitis and an ear infection. His temperature hit 41 degrees (not sure of the equivalent temp for the US) and he had a seizure, but because he had a lot of phlegm he ended up choking and stopped breathing, was limp in my arms. I screamed for help just like the dad did in that advert. I was fortunate that I managed to get him to be sick and cleared his airway, paramedics told me that based on his blood oxygen levels I saved him just in time, so that ad hits me so different now.
As much as I'm shocked and/or disgusted to see anyone of these adverts:
I feel privileged to live in a culture that shows things as they really are.👴🥺
I had a work colleague who last week passed away from Motor Neuron Disease, he was such a friendly, happy and cheerful man who would do anything to help anyone. he deteriorated rapidly during the covid lockdowns and had huge trouble getting a NHS appointment at the time (over the phone appointment when he was unable to speak.....>.
awesome empathy guys. Love you are able to show your real feelings. For those of us who are so lucky to not have to go through these things in life, we have to fight to stop it happening to others. Love from Australia
Did you emigrate from The UK,please,Melvyn?
@@Isleofskye parents were ten pound poms, proudly aussie born
Great reaction to these adverts. You guys showed such empathy and realness and emotion. New to your channel and really enjoying your content and you seem a lovely couple xx
St John's Ambulance run first aid courses, and those films, rather than being about their ambulance service, were more to encourage people to enrol in their first aid courses, because being first aid trained could save a life when an ambulance can't get their fast enough.
All of those films are hard-hitting, and all the more effective because of that, as borne out by your discussion afterwards.
If only all humanity were like you two...
You guys do a lot thru your channel - keep going in spreading positivity.
No sugar coating, keeping it real... and you'll never forget them.
Emma Thompson is the actress in the Trafficking ad. 22:23 She waived her fee for doing it too.
Emma Thompson was the actress whose name you couldn’t think of. I’m guessing someone would have commented that by now though. Such powerful adverts. Really great video. I recently subbed to you guys and have been enjoying the mixture of your content. X
I've watched many people react to this video, but your insight is so relatable. Thanks for setting up the fundraiser, I've added a small donation and I hope many others do. 😢
i love that you are getting the uk s ideas behind these adverts and the shock that you are experiencing is exacly the point the makers are trying to make, these aere depictions of real life in the uk and the world. thankyou guys for highlighting and keep up the great reactions x
Loved your reaction. You are both good people, regardless of past mistakes, plain and simple. These are technically not adverts (not correcting. I know the original video calls them that), but rather Public Information Films, or PIFs, what you guys would call PSAs. They've been around since the 40s, started touching on these kinds of subjects in the 60s and stopped holding punches In the 70s. I'm kind of obsessed with them, have been compiling a fairly comprehensive list of videos, and will soon be giving a University lecture on them and their effect.
Someone has commented here that hard hitting PIFs like these are no longer produced. I hope that is not correct. If you see this comment, if you know if that's correct or not please reply.
With the drastic drop in TV viewing, it's easy to see how it could be possible though. I imagine part of the plan with these short films is also to get people to discuss them at work, school etc because everyone used to watch the same channels/programmes which is no longer the case.
Adding on to what a few people already said, the St John's ambulance ads are more about learning first aid rather than a number to call in an emergency. The follow-up that they advertise at the end of Tree (save the boy) was available via phone or on their website and allowed you to walk the father through first aid to ensure the boy would have a higher chance of survival before the ambulance arrives. St John's does some really effective ads with interactivity to encourage the idea that you can take action (I'll never forget the live cinema one they did where a girl in a popcorn ad starts choking and a nurse runs out of the audience into the screen to save her).
Greetings from the UK. You two are more beautiful than words can express. X
I strongly remember decades ago in the 90’s of a Fire warning advert. It actually showed fire rescue personnel walking though a burnt residence and on the burnt ground what appears to be charred human remains. I’ve never found that video again, that impact of that image stuck with me.
A tie-in to the Motor Neuron Disease ad is a couple of videos of Rugby League player Rob Burrow who sadly died earlier in the year of the disease. I will try and post the links if I can. First is from the tribute at the end of the match soon after his death and the second is his last message he gave.
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And one should mention the mighty Doddie Weir (and other Rugby greats, from SA, Aus & NZ, who have died from this). Ed Slater is currently fighting with it.
A friend of mine (no Rugby player/sportsman) is in his last days with it: it’s torn him apart within 3 years and whilst he’s fought it, he’s utterly worn out - constant oxygen (diaphragm gone) and food by a “different” route.
Just like these ads, it’s awful to be on the outside looking in, but I just cannot imagine being on the inside looking out.
Help to, and learning from these charities is essential.
You've made them more effective.
I had already seen these ad's but seeing the impact they had on you and hearing your views on them has made me feel them even more.
Thank you for posting this. 👌 I hadn't seen a couple before. The Bernados videos really hit home 😱. You should have a look at the government's public information adverts. We tell it like it is in the UK 💪🇬🇧
This is your best reaction I’ve seen so far… I was crying just the intro but it needs to be shared
Motor Neurone Disease is also known in the US as ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease.
Respect, my dear American cousins. I like the sincerity, the range of issues / reactions from the hilarious and silly to the painful and serious. You guys are very likeable and incisive and deserve every success with your channel. All the best from dear olde England.
Your reaction to this video is so honest, so glad i subscribed to your channel ❤
We go hard and deep in the UK when it comes to facing up to the realities of life. I will add that most of these adverts are shown after 9pm. I always feel shock value has a real place in understanding the vast and sometimes tragic circumstances we can face. These organisations are absolutely vital, and I think as a nation, we are open to understanding some people's reality and incredible struggles they have to go through.
Thank you so much for sharing, and I have say both of you are very compassionate and insightful and really understand the messages. So thank you to you both.
I watched these adds when they aired in the UK and I cry everytime. In this world where things have become worse in my opinion these adds should be shown even more.
Thankyou guys from 🇬🇧 these adverts stay wiv you. Education and awareness are the key.
You are both a positive force for good!
I am a St John’s Ambulance trainee thank you for my work putting me through that. A lot of St John’s are at sporting events, concerts etc as volunteers. I respect them for doing it.
Hello from Scotland in the UK. I enjoyed you reacting to these PSA’s (Public Service Announcements) most of these would be shown after 9pm the watershed when kids are in bed and adult tv starts. St. John’s Ambulance is to push you to take first aid classes in case of an emergency like in the tree ad. Take care 😘🏴
Being in the UK I have seen all these adverts first hand, they are hard hitting and brutal to help bring you into awareness. The charities that these adverts are for need help through donations so they can do the work that we cannot for what ever reason. Thank God that they exist and that people like you have the compassion to feel the injustice of it all. Love all your posts so far and I'm glad you didn't shy away from this one, God Bless 🙏
I love your channel, and appreciate the positivity but the empathy you both showed on this reaction took my respect for you to a new level , overused comment but you are good people.
Watching all these together is emotionally draining , well done for striving through it I watch a few reactions videos of the same video and I find it draining too but I want to see how others find it hard to watch but come to understand why we need adverts like this , it doesn’t need an hour long documentary does it
Both the St John Ambulance adverts were trying to persuade more people to learn basic first aid.
I was a volunteer with St John for 28 years, retiring recently, and it was always worth while as a member, but even a few years later I still remember all the basic first aid I was taught, and in an emergency I do know what to do. More people need to learn, even if they don't become a St John volunteer.
Jeebs! I remember watching some of these on TV as a kid and this brings it ALL back!
I work for barnardos and they do some great work.
I grew up with these adverts and it's what we are used to. It's effective advertising and helps save lives.
Another superb video. Well done for stretching your content.
This might sound strange, but Im glad these impacted you both as they did. That's kinda the point.
Here in the UK, we can do silly funny (Irn Bru commercials, Jimmy Carr and other comedians, Phil Collins and others music videos), but we also do not shy away from the reality of life.
I hope your video here reaches a very large number of people who would ordinarily not see as hard hitting adverts.
Together we can all make a difference. Together positivity will prevail. But we cannot - MUST NOT shy away from the evils and problems in life and around the world.
Well done Mike. Well done Jess. 🙏
As a kid in the 70s we used to get shown ones like these - the one that always scared me was the one about not playing on train lines
The one that sticks in my mind even now is the kiddie climbing the electricity pylon and getting electrocuted 🥺
That one stuck with me so much level crossings scare the crap out of me to this day!
@@staceyd7986 Be careful, Frisbees' are dangerous
St Johns Ambulance is a volutnary organisation that provide medically trained staff at football matches, concerts and in the workplace to act as first responders. Most companies will have at least one St John''s trained members of staff and the training covers everything from dressing a wound to dealing witha heart attack. Saves so many lives.
Across most of the UK if you don’t have a fire alarm or have concerns about your existing fire alarm.
The local ‘fire department’ will come to your house.
Test your alarm or fit a smoke alarm for you.
They'll also give you a free 5 year battery if your smoke alarm can replace batteries.
I'm off to watch " Young Frankenstein " and then " Blazing Saddles " now, as my heart is heavy and my tear ducts are empty.
It was grand of you two to watch these harrowings advertisements and let so many more become aware of these organisations.
Shine on folks.
OMG , Im a man and i cry ! strong impact !
Hi, Mike and Jess! Greetings from New Zealand. Your subjects are always thought-provoking, and it is refreshing to get the views of two young Americans who are able to express their view so clearly.
I am an avid watcher of TH-cam videos and because of the sheer volume of output many of them are American based. Comparing content between American and British advertising, it is my firm opinion that American advertising, whatever the subject, is seen through the lens a movie camera and bears no resemblance to "real" life, while in Britain it is told how it is, regardless whether it disturbs or offends anyone, on the premise that those watching have enough intelligence to understand that it represent true situations.